The Twenty-Four Terms
The first fifteen days of the Chinese lunar month makes the first term, namely:
Beginning of Spring (立春):
usually starting from the fourth or fifth of Febrary. And the first day is the Chinese New Year's Day or the onset of the Spring Festival;
Rain Water (雨水):
from the nineteeth or twentieth of Febrary, a time when rainy seasons are setting in;
Waking of Insects(驚蟄):
from the fifth or sixth of March, as the earth awakes from hibernation;
Spring Equinox(春分) :
from the twentieth or enty-first of March;
Pure Brightness(清明):
from the fourth or fifth of April;
Grain Rain(谷雨):
from the twentieth or twenty-first of April;
Beginning of Summer(立夏):
from the fifth or sixth of May;
Grain Full(小滿):
from the twentieth or twenty-first of May;
Grain in Ear(芒種):
from the fifth or sixth of June;
Summer Solstice(夏至):
from the twenty-first or second of June;
Slight Heat(小暑):
from the sixth or seventh of July;
Great Heat (大暑):
from the twenty-second or third of July;
Beginning of Autumn (立秋):
from the seventh or eighth of August;
Limit of Heat(處暑):
from the twenty-third or fourth of August;
White Dew(白露):
from the seventh or eighth of September;
Autumnal Equinox(秋分):
from the twenty-third or fourth of September;
Cold Dew (寒露):
from the eighth or nineth of October;
Frost's Descent (霜降):
from the twentieth-three or fourth of October;
Beginning of Winter (冬至):
from the seventh or eighth of November;
Slight Snow (小雪):
from the twenty-second or third of November;
Great Snow(大雪):
from the seventh or eighth of December;
Slight Cold(小寒):
from the fifth or sixth of January;
Great Cold (大寒):
from the twentieth or twenty-first of January which brings the 24-term cycle to an end.